Patsy Liebert-Hunter

Patsy Liebert-Hunter passed to the arms of Jesus on March 31, 2013, in Ridgecrest, California. She was 84.

Visitation was held Monday, April 8, at Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mortuary in Bakersfield. Graveside services were held the same day.

Patsy was born Jan. 2, 1929, in Old Glory, Texas. She came to California as a bride and obtained her Realtor’s license in 1958. She was a well-known Realtor in Lake Isabella, Ridgecrest and Bakersfield for more than 45 years. The “Landlady” was known all over Kern County.

Patsy was active in the Bakersfield Board of Realtors, Kern Valley Realtors Association and Ridgecrest Professional Board. She was also a member of the Association of Business Owners, long-time secretary to the Valley Estates Home Owners Association, member of Business and Professional Women, member of the Ladies Oriental Shrine and lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Lake Isabella.

Patsy was a member of the Weldon Methodist Church, loved her family and always tried to keep everyone in touch and informed. She loved shoes, purses and clothes (always a lady). Her favorite flowers were yellow and salmon-colored roses.

She is survived by her daughter, Karen Kuster of Ridgecrest and son Frank (Francis) Leibert of Kernville, brothers Addison Jones and Dan Jones and wife Nancy, four grandchildren, five great grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and special lifetime friend Shirley Lokey.

Patsy was preceded in death by her father Arthur Vernon Jones and wife Roberta, mother Una Ora Jones, brother A.V. and husbands Frank Ray Edwards, Roland Leibert and Harold Hunter.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations in her name to the Shriners Crippled Children’s Hospital or the American Cancer Society.